#Sinotto trends amid new plagiarism row

ABS-CBN News

MANILA, Philippines – Amid allegations that Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III copied parts of his speech from someone else anew, Filipino netizens found a way to make light of the situation yet again.

Minutes after the Internet went abuzz that Sotto just translated parts of a speech originally delivered by the late US Senator Robert F. Kennedy but did not give him credit, several Twitter users started the hashtag “#Sinotto.”

Tweets with “#Sinotto” hashtag are posts where netizens translate famous English quotes to Filipino or vice versa.

The hashtag immediately made it to the local trending topics.

"You only think there's none! But there is! There is! There is!" Carlo AquinoSotto #Sinotto